Jayhawks Dominate Bethel In Newton Home Opener
Kansas University rode a 35 to 16 halftime edge to a 61 to 28 win over Bethel in the new Newton gym dedication. Sophomore Jack Ballard led the KU scoring with 13 points, Dick Miller led the B team with 10, and Charley Black added six. The Jayhawks next host Oklahoma on January 6 in a Big Six showdown.
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University of Kansas Jayhawks
Bethel
Newton
Kansas
Cagers
Phog Allen
Jack Ballard
Denver
Charley Black
Pioneers
Graymaroons
Dick Miller
Jayhawkers
Oklahoma Sooners
R. Miller
Black
Hall
Ballard
Worntaamncoeey
Turner
Eeaeneerentony Sree
Fitapatrick
Buescher
Hunter
Kissell
Evans
Sollenberge Meerevee
Walker
O Blair
Ettinge Dick
TR Schroeder
F Kroker
M B
Balzer
Weeds
LL. Goering
F Kaufman
C Seeseanes Klippenstein
Ae Shy R. Bartel
Zerger
Tereneiten Eeedeeene Krause
Fenimore
F . Schrag
F — Hroker
Ratzlaff
Kaufman
G. W
Stucky
Cyclone Forward Leads Non-Conference Scoring
Al Rudolfson of Iowa State tops non-conference scoring with 41 points in three games for an 18.6 average. Sid Held of Nebraska trails with 35 points in three games for 11.6 average, and Bob Holman of Kansas State has 41 points in four games for a 10.2 average.
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al Rudolfson
Iowa State
Cyclone Cager
Sid Held
Nebraska
Bob Holman
Kansas State
Jykee
Fritzie Zivic and Lew Senking Tie In New York Rematch
The Associated Press notes a year ago Fritzie Zivic world welterweight champion and Lew Senking lightweight titleholder fought to a ten round draw in New York. Three years ago Boston Bruins defeated the New York Americans 3 0 with Frankie Brimsek posting his sixth shutout in seven games.
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Associated Press
Fritzie Zivic
Lew Senking
New York
Boston Bruins
New York Americans
Frankie Brimsek
Boston Nets
Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Various College Basketball Scores From Regional Games
Kansas defeated Bethel 61 to 28 while Kansas B team led Bethel B 33 to 10. Rockhurst beat Haskell 62 to 26 and Baker topped Washburn 48 to 26. McPherson won 38 to 36 over Sterling. Denver edged Bradley Tech 38 to 26. Creighton 50 South Dakota Vt 26. Arkansas 32 Central Oklahoma 25. Oklahoma Baptist 36 Tulsa 21. Eastern Illinois Teachers 45 Pittsburg Teachers 44. Fort Scott and Pittsburg area junior colleges posted several results with Coffeyville Dodge City and Chanute also in action.
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Kansas
Bethel
Rockhurst
Haskell
Baker
Washburn
McPherson
Sterling
Denver
Bradley Tech
Creighton
South Dakota VA
Arkansas
Central
Okla
Oklahoma Baptist
Tulsa
Eastern Illinois
Pittsburg
Kan
High School
Fort Scott
Chanute
Pratt
Junior College Coffeyville
Dodge City
Trenton
College
McPherson College Bulldogs Tie Sterling in Overtime Victory
McPherson college basketball team avenged a 35 to 31 defeat by Sterling last week by edging the Bulldogs 38 to 36 in overtime in a seesaw game played Thursday night.
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McPherson
McPherson College Cagemen
Sterling
Bulldogs
Yankees No 1 Team By Associated Press Poll
New York Yankees named No 1 team of 1941 by AP poll with 198 points from 85 writers. Minnesota Gophers football second with 165 points. Bears third with 29 points. Dodgers and others split remaining votes. Wisconsin and Washington crews also noted.
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New York
UPI
New York Yankees
Associated Press
Joe McCarthy
Yanks
Minnesota
Gophers
Bombers
Chicago Bears
Brooklyn
Notre Dame
Duke
Ohio State
Wisconsin
N.C.A.A
University of Washington
Poughkeepsie Rowing Kings
Boston Bruins
Privare Bears
Brooklyn Dodgers
Texas
Washington, Crew
20Th Century Fox
Aly Boston Bruins
Anaes Duke
Essen
Green Bay Packers
Washington State
University of Hawaii
Columbus Red Birds
Michigan
Duquesne
Oklahoma Aggies
Penn State
Long Island University
Toronto Maple Leafs
Harvard
Calumet Farm
Fordham
Indiana
Missouri
Two World Lightweight Titles Merge for Madison Square Garden Show
Sammy Angott of Washington Pennsylvania challenges Lew Jenkins of Sweetwater Texas in a 15 round world lightweight title unification bout at Madison Square Garden. Promoter Mike Jacobs arranges the fight as Abe Greene and the New York State Athletic Commission push the two title merge in a shifting title landscape.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Abe Greene
National Boxing Association
New York State Athletic Commission
Mike Jacobs
Sammy Angott
Washington
Gus Lesnevich
Tony Zale
N.B. A
Lou Ambers
Jenkins
Angotta
Davey Day
Angott
Douglas County Rifle Club elects officers at annual meeting
Carl Rutter was elected president of the Douglas County Rifle Club at the annual meeting last night. Jack Soden was named vice president, Albert Sabol treasurer and Paul Harnar secretary. The next two shoots move to Tuesday nights due to holidays. Committees will be sent to Topeka to arrange matches among Lawrence, Topeka and Atchison clubs.
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Carl Rutter
Douglas County Rifle Club
Jack Soden
Albert Sabol
Paul Harnar
Topeka
Lawrence
Atchison
Conn to Join Navy After Defense Bond Purchase
Billy Conn, famed heavyweight contender, bought $5,000 in defense bonds and said he would travel to New York to undergo a physical for Navy enlistment.
Boxing and football notes from New York sports roundup
Roundup reports mid January plans for Lem Franklin versus Bob Pastor in Cleveland. Other items cover broadcasting bids, Pat Egan’s bowling with a fan, college swimmers, Green Bay stadium seating, Jacobs fight tickets, Angott’s late year record, Joe Gould taking over Lee Murray management, and NBA boxing suspensions.
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New York
Lem Franklin
Bob Pastor
Cleveland
Pat Egan
Brooklyn Americans
Elsa Muller
Pat
Elsa
Harvard
Brown
Amherst
Bec, Lauderdale
Fla
McCoy
Tom Lieb
Florida
California
Lexington
Miners Seek Split After Lopsided Fort Hays Loss
Colorado Miners hope to even the two game series with Fort Hays Teachers after a 60 to 38 defeat. Bousman led Colorado in scoring as the teams met in Hays.
Wrestling Meet Colorado State Kansas State Cancelled
A scheduled wrestling match in Manhattan Kansas between Colorado State and Kansas State set for tonight has been cancelled.
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Manhattan
Kan
Colorado State
Kansas State
Foxx Sets Key League Records in RBI and Strikeouts
Chicago reports Jimmy Foxx of the Boston Red Sox set major league marks including 105 RBIs in 135 games and leading the league in strikeouts for the seventh time with 103. He extended 100 RBI seasons to 18 straight years tying Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth for consecutive 100 RBI campaigns.
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Chicago
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
King
Jimmy Foxx
Foxx
Boston Red Sox
Althe
DiMaggio
Lou Gehrig
Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Pete Suder
Frank Hayes
Philadelphia
George Case
Washington
Jeff Heath
Cleveland
Heath
Detroit
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Keller
New York
Ted Williams
Boston
Rudy York
Bob Johnson
Sam Chapman
Jim Tabor
Cecil Travis
Baker University Grabs Third Straight Win Over Washburn
Pi John Arnold scored 18 points as Baker University defeated Washburn College 48 to 26 in Baldwin. Dougherty led Washburn with 11 points. Officials were Gene Kemper and Cecil Peterson. Half time score was 31 to 15.
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Gene Kemper
Lake Forest
Cecil Peterson
Washburn
Baker
Bobby Britton to Meet Freddie Cochrane Tonight
In Miami Bobby Britton the son of former welter champion Jack Britton faces Welterweight King Freddie Cochrane in a 10 round non title bout. A win could move Britton toward the championship he has chased for eight years. Cochrane recently joined the navy after taking the welter crown from Fritzy Zivie and defeating Lew Jenkins.
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Miami
Fla
Bobby Britton
Freddie Cochrane
Cochrane
Britton
Jack Britton
Bobby
Mickey Walker
Navy
Fritzy Zivie
Lew Jenkins
Jenkins
Rose Bowl sellout in Duke Stadium in Durham
The Rose Bowl game moved from Pasadena to Durham due to the war and is a sellout with orders filling the 55 000 seat Duke Stadium. The matchup features undefeated Duke against Oregon State on New Year's Day.
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Durham
N. C
Pasadena
Calif
Duke
Oregon State
Dewey Luster Renames Defense to Offense in Speech
University of Oklahoma football coach Dewey Luster says "national defense" has outlived its usefulness and urges calling it offense instead. He argues the team must carry the ball and score to win games.
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Oklahoma City
Dewey (Snorter) Luster
University of Oklahoma
Indian Teams Defeated In Regional Basketball Action
The Haskell high school second team was the only Indian squad to win as Overbrook, Rockhurst, and Kansas City junior college teams defeated their Indian opponents. Box scores note Schwenk Jersey retirement at St. Louis. Other social items recount club banquets and luncheons in Lawrence and Gardner over the weekend.
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Haskell High School
Overbrook
Rockhurst
Kansas City
Kan
Local Social Notes From Hesper and Surrounding Areas
Sunday gatherings and weekday visits fill the community ledger as families from Hesper, Eudora, Fall Leaf, Linwood, and Lawrence share meals, babysit, and attend club meetings. Notable mentions include the Keystone Korner Klub, the Hesper Farm Bureau leaders, and Christmas gift event at St. Pauls church.
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Herbert Knabe
Richard
Twilla Lee
Chester Baecker
Eudora
Keith
Bernice Ann Nels
Fall Tent
Fred Neis
Howard Kohler
Jerry Harris
Alfred Seiwald
Rosalene
W. C. Mercier
E. H. Grob
Paul
Carl
Lizzie Waldron
Raymond
Bethel
Harold Gabriel
Jerry
McCoy
Weaver
Spencer McCoy
Keystone Korner Klub
Elsie Gerstenberger
Joe Zillner
Jerome
Lawrence
John Kasberger
Ovid Snider
Sidney
Linwood
Ralph Votaw
Vernon
Dorothy Mae
Irvin Votaw
Roy Kurtz
Ella Burnell
Carl Vernon Kurtz
Charles Kurtz
Evening Star
Howard Caviness
Alvin Gabriel
Hesper Farm Bureau Unit
Bill Neis
William ‘Reetz
Fall Leaf
Walter Gerstenberger
D. M. Harris
Women's Union
St. Pauls
Community Club Meeting Promises Christmas Program At Oak Ridge
The Oak Ridge community holds its regular meeting Friday at the school house. A Christmas program is planned by Miss Katharine Brass and pupils. Local church and farm bureau members attend events, with reports on home management, pottery, and Christmas gatherings across the area.
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Katharine Brass
Centenary Methodist Church
Farm Bureau Group
Mae Farris
Manhattan
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
W. H. Weeks
Katie Toms
Johnnie Morgan
F. TL. Hartman
C. OC. Miller
Milford Miller
Nate Pettengill
Lawrence
Pettengill
Lawrence Leonhard
Frank McGrade
Lloyd Purcell
First Presbyterian Church
Leavenworth
1-H
Marie Hollenbeck
Carol Miller Cafe
John Wise
Wise Brothers
Charlie Wood
Rose Wilkes
Charlie Wise
Will Wise
Orange
Tex
Trinity Lutheran Church
H. G. van Neste
Local Social Notes Mention Kaw Valley Figures and Kansas City Trip
R K Nicholson of Kaw Valley and mother Mrs C J Locker formerly of Parkersburg Pa. Mrs Katie Toms and son Jack and Al and Bob Simons were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs A R Reed and family west of Lawrence. Mrs Katie Toms joined Mr and Mrs Howard Erwin of Lawrence on a Christmas shopping trip to Kansas City. Mrs R R Weakley visiting relatives in Illinois reports her father Mr Kuhne ill.
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R. K. Nicholson i
Kaw Valley
C. J. Locker
Parkersburg
Katie Toms
Jack
Bob Simons
A. R. Reed
Lawrence
Howard Erwin
Kansas City
R. R. Weakley
Inois
Mr. Kuhne
Charles Davidson
Lloyd Douglas
Beverly
Jack Davidson
Anha Torneden
Frank Heath
May Hughey
Independence
Roy Allison
E. Fanghor
Will Fanghor
Mav Hughey
Leavenworth
William Torneden, Jr
William Torneden
Bert Wilson
Parsons
Dollie White
Fred Harmon
Lewis French
Alfred Torneden
Dora Craskey
Parkville
Torneden
Hadl
Euora
Harold Seele
Brackett
Herbert Torneden
Floyd Mills
Tonganoxie
W. E. Pettenglil
Nona Donovan
Ruth Frame
San Diego
Cal
Ruth Swain
Lucille Hallenbeck
George Hallenbeck
Villages Notes on Visits Obits and Local Events
Local residents report Sunday visits among the Davidson Douglases and Tolden families traveling to Kansas City and Lawrence. Funeral attendances, sickness, and a death in San Diego are noted along with Waite Phillips gifting Tulsa assets to the Boy Scouts.
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Waite Phillips
Tulsa
Okla
Philtower
Philmont Ranch
New Mexico
Boy Scouts of America
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Jayhawks
Bethel Court
Sophomore
K. U
Sports Buzz
Bob Busby
Frosty” Cox
Colorado
Red Cross
Boulder
Jim Willcoxon
Coffeyville
Byron
Whizzer” White
Marquette University
Tom Stidham
Golden Avalanche
Oklahoma
Paul Heap
Gerald Tucker
Richard Reich
Tom Rousey
A. D
Roberts
Tucker
Heap
Rousey
Reich
Sooner
Hugh McDermott
Biff Jones
Lincoln
New Orleans
Johnny Bentley
The
Lincoln Journal
Mathias Volz
Thomas Leeke
Charles B. Russell
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
SY Nea Service, Inc
Decatur
Illinois
Tate World
Samuel
Pullen
Edenton
North Carolina
Walder
John O’donnell
Holyoke
Mass
By William Ferguson
U. & Pat
New York Baseball Club
By Orlo Robertson
Rutter
County Rifle. Club
Lewis
Burton
New York Journal-American
Carpenters
Green Bay Municipal
Giants
Packers
Yankees
Buddy Hassett
George McQuinn
Browns
Johnny Sturm
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota Grid
N.B.A
N.Y. Boxing Commission
Eddie Walker
Chalky Wright
Hartford
Conn
Wright
Bobby Ivy
Eddie
Larry MacPhail
MacPhail
Hugo Johnny Mize
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Bill Lohrman
Ken O'Dea
DiMaggio and
Dougherty
Jane Warner
F . Casey
el Wallace
F . Lane
Scott
Ec Bohm
C Boldue
Yeoman
O- Carter
Ge Joy
Auderence
iJdrick
Roath
Arnold
Deyn
Fred Cochrane
Billy Loose
Farrell
Jimmy Reeves
Juco and
Schwenk
St. Louis
Washington University
Wilson
Bud) Schwenkin
Eldridge Hotel
Maurice Starr
Evans Hearth
John Kanzig
Kanzig
Gardner
Cham Williamson
Ray Miler
Thelma Haverty
Tonganoxie Teachers Club
Mary Harris
Nineteen Hundred and Now Club
Colonial
Kurash
Spink
F Brink
Muckenthal
Cernech & Martel
Thompson
G Nason
Tom Dorney
Jeanette
Janna L
Garfield c
Aragon
Eg Harjo
Hesper
Lawrence Recreation Arlor
Goldie
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg
U.S. Pat
Oak Ridge
Villa Eden
Journal-World
Reeds Snack Shop
East 9Th
Arrow
North Wind
Swank Jewelry & Novelties
Defense
ARLS
J. R. Williams
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